Featured Designer: Zany Dezines

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May’s featured designer is Amber at Zany Dezines! Zany Dezines started with Amber and her mission to provide fellow bloggers with new and creative designs that were both fun and affordable. After falling in love with web design in high school, she’s taken her love of making things pretty to the blogosphere! Determined to master [...]

Featured Designer: Viva La Violette

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April’s featured designer is Heather at Viva La Violette! Hi there! My name is Heather ‘Violet’ Jones, and I own and operate Viva la Violette. I started Viva la Violette in 2008, and have since expanded my business to offer unique blog and web design services. I have previously designed for photographers, interior designers, event [...]

The Appeal of Pinterest

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This is a guest post by April Patel. If I have said it once, I have said it 100 times… “I’m going to go kill some time on Pinterest. If I’m not back in an hour, send reinforcements!” Chances are you might not know about Pinterest yet. But then again, it is the fastest growing [...]

New Sponsorship Opportunities

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We have brand new sponsorship opportunities available!  You can download the PDF here, or view the image below!  Spots fill up VERY fast, so be sure to contact us if you’re interested.  

Using and Designing the New Facebook Timeline for Business

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Today Facebook announced that business pages will be getting the “Timeline” layout by March 30th, and we have  some excellent tips to help you design and utilize this new layout to your advantage. You may already be familiar with the Timeline layout on your personal page, but now your business page will have cover photo [...]

Featured Designer: Happypotamus Designs

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February’s featured designer is Lindsay at Happy Potamus Designs! Hi! I’m Lindsay, a graphic designer and owner of Happy Potamus Designs. I’m also a stay-at-home-mom to a wonderful daughter and am so happy that I get to stay home with her and still do what I love. At Happy Potamus, I specialize in custom blog designs, [...]

Introducing the Design Showcase!

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We are excited to announce the implementation of the Showcase, which features the best in blog and web design!  Whether you’re a designer or blogger in search of inspiration, this page will be the ultimate place to find great design using any platform. 1.  How are designs chosen? We browse the web in search of [...]

Giveaway Winners, February Classes, and a Twitter Party!

We’re so excited to launch more classes than ever this February!  From newbie design classes in Photoshop Elements, to advanced PHP coding in WordPress.  Check out the entire list of courses via the catalog. Next, we also want to announce that we are having a Twitter party TONIGHT using the hashtag #BDNparty.  It will last [...]

Now Hiring: Smitten Blog Designs

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SMITTEN BLOG DESIGNS, LLC is looking for 1-2 part-time WordPress.org designers who can work remotely from home on a project-by-project basis. We have a great team of blog designers and are excited to expand into the world of WordPress! This position is for independent contractor work. JOB REQUIREMENTS Technological Skills: Extensive knowledge of and experience [...]

Social Media Mastery Class this Wednesday

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We’re very excited to offer this new class on Wednesday evening.  Both designers and bloggers will benefit from this course on making social media both beautiful and functional. Whether you use social media often, use one more than others, or are a total newbie – this course includes everything you need, and you can attend [...]